The International Congress "Solitude in the thresholds of the person and solidarity: between the social bonds and fractures" and the III Congress of SOFELP - Society for Philosophy of Education of Portuguese Language will be held simultaneously on the 18th, 19th and 20th of May 2011. This congress is a joint initiative of the Philosophy of Education Office / Institute of Philosophy, University of Porto / Philosophy of Education in the Portuguese Speaking World Research Group / Philosophy of Education and Contemporaneity Research Group, ISCET – Instituto Superior de Ciências Empresariais e do Turismo (Higher Education Institute of Management and Tourism) / area of Social Work and SOFELP in partnership with SOFPHIED - Société Francophone de Philosophie de l’Éducation and UNINOVE - Universidade Nove de Julho (São Paulo, Brazil) and the sponsorship of FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia.This event has the cooperation of FISP – International Federation of Philosophical Societies and of SAF – Sociedad Argentina de Filosofía.It is expected from this meeting an interdisciplinary sharing of knowledge and reflections from inescapable issues of contemporary society such as solitude and solidarity in their complex connections with educational projects and social intervention. Along with plenary sessions and round-tables by specialists there will also be oral presentations on the topics within the fields mentioned below. This first contact intends not only to announce this Congress but also to invite investigators, professors and other professionals, students as well as all the persons implied in the education and social work domains to participate in this initiative. The deadline for presentation of communications, together with the pertaining abstract, is the 28th February 2011.